> The intent has been that we catch the most common forms, but still require > it not to be complete free form. Because, as experience shows, people are > extremely creative in these comments, and it is not very good idea to > support everything. For ... fall through ... , what is the purpose of > those ...s?
No idea, but it has been there for a while and seems perfectly reasonable. IMO any sentence containing "fall" and "through/thru/etc" on the same line should be accepted, otherwise it's just misplaced pickiness. -- Eric Botcazou